Daring FireballMar 27
★ Apple Giveth, Apple Taketh Away
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Apple Giveth, Apple Taketh Away

Safari is no longer breaking my menu-item-icon despising heart on MacOS 26 Tahoe, but the best trick to block the Tahoe “upgrade” notice on MacOS 15 Sequoia no longer works.

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Show threadJeff Johnson

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@gruber FWIW here’s my hardcore way to block Tahoe with Little Snitch:

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/1/6.html

My way to prevent the macOS Tahoe update with Little Snitch

Mar 27 at 9:01pmWeb
Show threadJohn GruberMar 27
@lapcatsoftware I gave your approach some thought back when you posted it, and reconsidered it today in light of the device profile trick no longer working, but it's too hardcore for me. I still want to check and install updates through the GUI.